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Databeacon Smart Client software allows users to perform data analysis, turning relational data from any data source into online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes that can be explored and manipulated using one of three Databeacon viewers.

Code refactoring is defined as the act of changing code without changing what it does. The actual work involved in refactoring-extracting methods from oversized modules, tidying up and unifying variable names, identifying unhandled exceptions, and all the other cleanup, simplification, and standardization chores-can be daunting, indeed, and risky too.

ActiveReports for . NET 2. 0 by Data Dynamics is written in C# and integrates with the Visual StudioÃÂ® . NET development environment to let you create dynamic reports and charts. Drop the Report Viewer control on your WindowsÃÂ® Form or Web Form, specify the data source and authentication information for the data connection wizard, and it builds the connection string for you.

From my first look at VG. net V2. 4b by Prodige Software Corporation, it seemed like just another typical graphics add-on, but as I discovered what a potent tool it is for Visual StudioÃÂ® . NET graphical interface development, I became more and more impressed.

Tired of spending oodles of time trying to reproduce bugs so you can then fix them? RadViewSoftware Inc. has a new addition to their Web application function and load testing tools that captures everything that goes on at the client and the server in synchronized logs.

A few months ago I had a large SQL ServerT asset management database into which I had to import data from text files in daily batches. I needed to tweak the tables, add some queries, and generate new reports.

Visual Build Professional 5. 6 by Kinook Software is a management solution for developers writing programs for MicrosoftÃÂ® WindowsÃÂ® and the Web that lets you create an automated, repeatable process for building your software.

DbNetGrid. Net 2. 71 by DbNetLink Limited, is a Web-based grid component that works with DHTML behaviors that support both ASP and ASP. NET. The integrated DbNetGrid GUI designer application lets you create your grids without writing any code.

XMLSpy 2005 by Altova is an XML development environment for modeling, editing, debugging, and transforming all XML technologies. It implements the W3C's new XSLT 2. 0 and XPath 2. 0 specs, and provides native support for XQuery 1.

Registry Medic 3.0, released by Iomatic, allows you to clean up your registry, improves PC performance, protects your machine from Trojans, and gets rid of those annoying start-up program artifacts that can be so hard to remove.

Spices. VSIP. NET (Visual Studio Integration Pack), released by 9rays, is a set of plug-ins for Visual StudioÃÂ® . NET that let you to add obfuscation, verification, modeling, and debugging to your assemblies built within the MicrosoftÃÂ® .

There is more to fielding a mobile device than just putting a couple of company-specific applications on it. Here are some already written mobile applications that might be good to know about if you are tasked with deploying a mobile solution.

Jungo Software Technologies has announced the release of Go-HotSwap 6. 22, a complete off-the-shelf software package offering a solution for hardware vendors, system integrators, and operating system vendors, aiming to provide hot-swap capabilities to their users.

MKS Inc. , a provider of tools for porting Unix/Linux applications to WindowsÃÂ®, has just announced the availability of its new 64-bit products. MKS is shipping a beta version of MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-bit edition with support for extended-architecture 64-bit platforms such as AMD64 running Windows 64-bit OS.

MimarSinan International has released InstallAware Professional Edition, which generates script-driven, Web-based WindowsÃÂ® Installer setups with customized user interfaces. Installations run on all existing Win32ÃÂ® platforms and do not require the .

Blue Marble Geographics has released its developer toolkit, GeoTransform 5. 0. GeoTransform is a DLL for programmers using Visual BasicÃÂ®, C++, Delphi, PowerBuilder, C++ Builder, and other WindowsÃÂ®-based development tools.